Jean Lanfray (b. 1874) was a Swiss laborer convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two children in a drunken rage on the afternoon of August 28, 1905. He then attempted suicide, but failed. It was later revealed by police that he had drank an excessive amount of wine and hard liquors that morning, along with two glasses of absinthe. However, due to the moral panic against absinthe in Europe at that time, his murders were blamed solely on the influence of absinthe, … Wikipedia
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